Anticollision light for aircraft

US7040786B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Goodrich Hella Aerospace Lighting Systems GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Bernd Ganzer · Erwitte, DE
• Rico Schulz · Rixbeck, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 3, 2003
• Grant date: May 9, 2006
• Expiry date: Oct 3, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D2203/00
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The anticollision light for aircraft, particularly airplanes, is provided with a holding body (12) with an outer side and several LEDs (16) arranged at the outer side of the holding body (12) the light-radiating directions of which point away from the holding body (12). Further, the anticollision light is provided with a drive unit (18) for the pulse-like drive of at least some of the LEDs (16) and a refractive optical element (26) for generating a desired spatial distribution of the light of the LEDs (16), the refractive optical element (26) surrounding the holding body at least in the region of the LEDs (16).